I think that’s quite rare to have that, but I feel quite protected with the ‘Heartstopper’ fan base,” Finney said on a recent video call from her flat in London.
Yasmin Finney and Will Gao in a scene from the Netflix series "Heartstopper."
It is keyboard warriors on their phone, with a box of KFC, who are just like, ‘Oh, I hate trans people,’” Finney said.
“When I finished filming season three [of ‘Heartstopper’], I just really realized that the roles that I’m getting are mostly trans.
I kind of had this yearning for a connection with another kind of role,” Finney said, noting that she is still looking for that particular part.
Persons:
Elle Argent, “, ” Yasmin Finney, Finney, Who, —, “ I’ve, ” Finney, Alice Oseman’s, Joe Locke, Kit Connor, Elle, Tao Xu, William Gao, Tao, ’, ”, Xu, Yasmin Finney, Will Gao, Samuel Dore, that’s, I’m, Russell T, Davies, Ncuti Gatwa, Rose Noble, Donna Noble, Catherine Tate, Rose, David Tennant, ’ ” Finney, “ I’m, Oseman, Heartstopper ”
Organizations:
Elle, Netflix, BBC, KFC
Locations:
United Kingdom, London, people’s, Manchester